#Queen of the South TV Show

[deafening-enthusiastic-dreamer]

Queen of Tears

Okay so... I am really happy and sad altogether. I am sad to see this series end cause it was truly a great one to watch. so heartwarming and breaking at the same time.

But honestly I have to commend the writers on this one. The story had a good balance through out. All actors did really well. they gave a performance of their life. The only actress i did not really like was Hae-in's step grandmother. ( she had no emotions the entire time, it was frustrating to watch)

Germany has become a heaven for them, I will always have to associate the show with Germany now. Especially these stairs.

just gorgeous landscape.

The story ending this way seems okay, I am not mad about it. After all that has happened in this show. The ending is least of its problems.

This show's Director, Cinematographer and Sound design they need to get an award for this. I mean at all aspects, just beautiful. I would want to work like this. create content that moves people, entertains them while also looking beautiful as hell.

I would recommend this show without a doubt or hesitation.

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[curryvillain]

Calypso Rose's @MoLaudi Remix Of "Calypso Queen" Featured In "Mayfair Witches"!

Calypso Rose’s @MoLaudi Remix Of “Calypso Queen” Featured In “Mayfair Witches”!

Caught up with any TV shows lately? Are you familiar with the new series called, “Mayfair Witches“? This newly debuted series focuses on Dr. Rowan Fielding who discovers that she is the heiress to a dynasty of powerful Witches haunted by a sinister spirit. This supernatural thriller premiered on January 8 on AMC, and featured this iconic Caribbean track for a scene. The legendary Calypso Rose got…

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[rainbowsky]

Has the competition for ranking in the domestic entertainment industry reached the Magnolia Awards?

Original Entertainment Management Studio 2024-06-01 06: 30 Beijing

On May 30, after the shortlist of the Magnolia Awards for the 29th Shanghai TV Festival was announced, not only "xx was nominated" but also "xxx was not nominated" caused heated discussion.

The controversy centered on the two awards of "TV King" and "TV Queen". Among them, among the nominations for best actor, there are Ding Yongdai of "South and North" and Wang Yang of "War of Faith". However, some netizens discovered that when the official lineup of "War of Faith" was announced, Wang Yang was ranked third as the leading star, while Wang Yibo, who was ranked first as the leading star, was not nominated. The topic #白Magnolia was nominated without Wang Yibo# became a hot search on Weibo.

The same situation happened in "South to North". When the official Weibo announced the cast, the first leading actor was Bai Jingting, and the second was Ding Yongdai. #Bai Jingting is not nominated for Magnolia Awards# also became a hot search.

In the eyes of some netizens, "No. 1" is equivalent to "protagonist", and "No. 2" and "No. 3" are supporting roles. So, is this "ranking" trend in the domestic entertainment industry really equivalent to the judging logic of Magnolia Awards?

How to apply for a Magnolia?

As one of the three major awards for Chinese TV dramas, the Magnolia Award has always been regarded as an "industry award" and represents the vane of the domestic TV industry. The annual Best Actor and Best Actress awards are the highest recognition of actors in the field of TV dramas, and have become the focus of attention of various actors and fans.

Under the official Weibo of the Shanghai TV Festival's announcement of the shortlist, you can see countless fans' Amway* copywriting. In addition to actors such as Hu Ge, Yang Zi, and Tang Yan who have been nominated, fans of artists whose related works have been nominated also want to "get involved" in this joyous occasion. For example, the variety show "The Heart-Stirring Offer 5" was nominated, and fans of He Junlin, one of the guests, also congratulated He Junlin in the comment section.

*RBS note - 'Amway' essentially means 'intense and over-the-top, cult-like'.

On the other hand, although "War of Faith" was nominated for multiple Magnolia Awards, fans of the lead actor Wang Yibo were not happy. In their view, when "War of Faith" was officially announced, Wang Yang was the "third" male supporting role, and Wang Yibo was the first male lead, but Wang Yang was submitted for "Best Actor" and was nominated. As a result, fans began to protest on a large scale under the relevant Weibo of Magnolia, the film company, and the producer.

The Yuli Studio read the "2024 29th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award TV Series Category Regulations" and found that in principle, the male and female lead awards are filled in with 1 person each, that is, the first male and female lead. The first male and female lead must play a pivotal role in promoting the plot and have an indispensable and important role. If there are indeed multiple male or female leads, the maximum number of people to be filled in is 2, and both must occupy a relatively large part in the play.

2024 29th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award TV Series Category Rules

A film producer told Yuli Studio that because the Magnolia Award has requirements for the role, the film producer will definitely nominate the two leading actors with the most roles, and will not select them according to the ranking, nor will there be a situation where the "second male lead" is not reported but the "first male lead". If there are really not enough places, supporting roles will be reported.

The case of "Flowers" can also prove this application logic. When the official Weibo of "Flowers" announced the lineup, the ranking of the three actresses was Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei. But according to The Paper, when the "Flowers" film producer applied, he believed that the three actresses in the play were all heroines, and each of them was very outstanding, so he communicated with the organizing committee and registered all three. In the end, only Tang Yan was shortlisted for the best actress.

It can be inferred from this that Wang Yibo and Wang Yang are both the leading actors in "War of Faith" and are also the top two male actors with the most roles, so the film crew will also report these two actors when submitting. Similarly, the crew of "South to North" should also report the top two male actors with the most roles, Bai Jingting and Ding Yongdai.

On May 31, Nandu Entertainment reported that an insider said that the "War of Faith" crew did report Wang Yibo and Wang Yang for the best actor. Both Bai Jingting and Wang Yibo appeared in the second round of voting for the best actor of this year's Magnolia Award, but after the review vote, they did not enter the final shortlist.

At the same time, in terms of the submitter, the "2024 29th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award TV Series Category Regulations" stipulate that the registration is by individuals or institutions that own the copyright of the program, and one party must be determined as the applicant. Generally speaking, the submitter is the first producer, that is, the video platform. So the submitter of "War of Faith" should be iQiyi.

However, even with the written rules and industry reports, fans don't seem to buy it.

Where did the controversy come from?

Judging from the protests of Wang Yibo's fans, the biggest controversy is that fans believe that Wei Ruolai, played by Wang Yibo in "War of Faith", is the absolute and only male lead. Whether it is investment promotion or popularity, it is all carried by Wang Yibo. Therefore, the film company should not submit the best actor for Wang Yang, who is the "third lead", and compete with the "first lead" Wang Yibo in the same award.

So, are the rankings recognized by fans consistent with the "leading role" recognized by the industry? In addition to the first leading actor on the official list, the "first lead" recognized by fans also includes whether the script content revolves around the only protagonist, whether the protagonist has the most scenes, whether the various trailers released spend the most time on the first lead, and whether the above recognition has been mentioned in the interview with the main creators, etc.

However, in the selection rules of the Magnolia Awards, it is mentioned that if there are indeed multiple male protagonists or multiple female protagonists, the maximum number of people to be reported is 2, and all must occupy a relatively large part in the play. It can be found that when the official Weibo of "War of Faith" announced the lineup, Wang Yang was one of the leading actors. Secondly, the plot synopsis of "War of Faith" also mentioned that Wei Ruolai's plot mainly unfolds after he meets Shen Tunan, and forms a control group with Shen Tunan. Therefore, whether it is the title or the plot, there is no problem for the film company to apply for the Magnolia Award for Wang Yang as the "leading actor". And since the Magnolia Awards officially announced the shortlist, it also means that Shen Tunan, played by Wang Yang, meets the Magnolia Award's "leading actor" standard.

War of Faith original casting announcement from 2023: Starring in the leading role: Wang Yibo, Starring in the leading role: Li Qin, Starring in the leading role: Wang Yang.

Judging from the list of winners of the Magnolia Award for Best Actor in previous years, Lei Jiayin, who won the 28th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award for Best Actor for "The World", is not the only leading actor. Yu Hewei, who won the 27th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award for Best Actor for "Awakening Age", is one of the protagonists, and was even ranked after Zhang Tong, who played Li Dazhao, when the official announcement was made.

The application of "Fang Hua" also proves that a drama can have multiple "protagonists". It can be seen that the "protagonist" standard recognized by the Magnolia Awards is not the same as the "ranking" standard in the minds of fans.

How do "the male protagonist" and "the female protagonist" influence creation ?

Therefore, the so-called "number one", absolute male protagonist and female protagonist are more of a self-entertainment statement of the fan circle, which is unprofessional and does not respect the rules of creation.

When the main creator is creating, if they are disturbed by the "male protagonist" and "female protagonist", the role will become to serve the actors rather than the plot and the characters. Under normal circumstances, the male and female protagonists and even the main supporting roles should have a complete growth line to show how their personalities are developed? What are the relationships between the characters around them? But if you blindly give way to the "male protagonist" and "female protagonist", other characters will lose their normal behavioral logic and become tools of "what the other party needs me to do, I will do", and the logic of the whole drama will collapse.

For example, "Changyue Jinming" was questioned by netizens that in order to set off the male protagonist, the female protagonist was arranged to fall in love with the male protagonist who had a "grudge against the extermination of the family", and the tragic female supporting role was also reduced to the "background board" of the love between the male and female protagonists, and was devalued by the protagonist as worthless; in order to make the male protagonist have a righteous aura, he, who was originally a villain and wanted to kill everyone, suddenly became a benevolent king in the middle of the series, and was criticized by the audience for his illogicality.

Secondly, the trend of "fighting for ranking" also forces the film producers to "perform" all kinds of fancy words when making official announcements in order not to offend artists and fans. For example, when Yu Zheng officially announced "Five Fortunes", in order to prevent all parties from tearing up the rankings, he designed a "Ferris wheel rotating ranking". This kind of effort that is not beneficial to creation is a practice of chasing "face" without looking at "inside" under helplessness.

It can be found that whether it is the past "Awakening Age", "The World", "Kuangbi", or 2024's "Flower" and "Celebrating Yu Nian 2", these hit dramas that have been authenticated by multiple data are not "big male lead" or "big female lead" dramas centered on one person, but "all members are on the table", triggering group portrait dramas that break the circle of discussion. At the New Wave Forum on "How to make a hit drama and a hit person", Sun Hongzhi, director of TV drama operations at Tencent Video, also mentioned that the industry's effective broadcast standards are user value, economic value and industry value. And these three types of value cannot be brought by "big male lead" or "big female lead" alone.

Essentially, the controversy is still the "disease" of the "rank cancer" in the domestic entertainment industry. People who are keen on "ranking" mistakenly equate the rank with the value of the actors, and regard the ranking as an important capital for business negotiations and rights protection. However, the rank is only the "face", and what is truly recognized by the industry or even passers-by is the "inside". The so-called "number one" and "only male and female protagonists" do not equal achievements, nor can they directly bring exposure, growth opportunities and business resources.

In this year's Magnolia Awards, Liu Lin, who was not nominated but was on the hot search, also "running with" for ten years. Under the entry #Liu Lin has been running with Baiyulan for ten years#, many netizens expressed their regret for her and mentioned her countless classic roles.

It can be found that although excellent actors have not been nominated, they have long been uncrowned kings in the hearts of the audience. As Liu Lin once said, "I am not in a hurry to be famous or popular, but I can still work diligently in the acting industry."

[xiaojianggshi]

hiiii!! trying out a new layout idk the one i had before seems so empty now, cheng gotta step up her game...

sorry this took so long i promise didn't leave i was just slowly working on this

enhypen as husbands

16 december, 2023

LEE HEESEUNG

heeseung as a person certainly has worries. as a husband, he would worry about rumors people say about him. news articles, forum posts, comments, videos; like he feels like those outlets have him at mercy. as a husband and an idol he may worry especially about rumors that occur because people overanalyze ever movement. that, or past controversies surrounding not only him, but the group as well.

his reading does not seem to be objectively sweet since he is holding on to a really strong connection he had in the past that he cannot let go of. not sure if everyone is familiar with the episode but he reminds me of when wendy broke up with stan and he turned goth (south park s7ep14). since he seems so down, he probably is very committed in a relationship. his heart is their heart.

however, as an ending note it seems he does not want his fans to worry about him, he wants to be in the process of embracing change and looking towards a bright future.

seven of swords rx., the emperor rx., six of cups rx., ten of swords rx., seven of cups, eight of wands rx.

PARK JAY

jay would probably thrive in a married relationship. he wants to do everything for them and is likely big on gift giving. anything in his power that he can do to make his partner feel secure and not have to worry about money or time, he wants to do. just as person, he is someone who wants to make lifetime connections. he wants to share the same life with his partner almost completely.

he would be a very large provider, mostly monetarily. particularly, jay wants to be successful in order to provide for his family. and nevermind how i said he would be big on gift giving, he IS gift giving. he probably does not pay attention much to price and just wants to make his significant other happy.

once again, strong bonds are important to him. in general, jay is already a very generous person to his friends and family, so someone who he feels once-in-a-lifetime connection with is someone he would not mind to spoil.

queen of pentacles, the tower rx., ace of pentacles, the lovers, two of wands

SIM JAKE

jake has high expectations concerning marriage. like, very high expectations to the point where i could honestly see him being the last to even get married out of eveyrone in the group. jake sees the responsibilities of not only marriage but relationships in general, and he wants someone who knows about it and knows how to handle those responsibilities.

jake may want a traditional marriage. but to some extent, it is a little unfair. some of his expectations could be superhuman and cause him or his partner to be put on a pedestal where one partner works and handles any heavy lifting, and the other does not. his ideal marriage is imbalanced, so to say.

he wants to be the provider, like an extremely superficial couple from an older tv show that has a stay-at-home parent and a working parent. really, his concept of marriage is very idealistic. he will probably change or shift though.

justice rx., ten of wands, three of pentacles rx., judgement, the high priestess rx., king of pentacles

PARK SUNGHOON

generally, sunghoon is very picky with the people he chooses to enter relationships with. honestly could imagine him putting 'candidates' through tests in order to see if they are too good to be true or just to test whether the relationship would actually work out. not to say he has a roster of potential relationship candidates, but he when he realizes it is not what he wants, he will end the relationship and look for what feels right.

he is a balanced person, i think. he is smart and knows when to use his head but simultaneously sticks with the connections and relationships he has made. he is a very loyal and compassionate partner. once again, when he meets the person that feels right he may not even want to leave them alone.

he is not a passive partner either. whenever he says something, he means it and will be active in the relationship. when his partner says something, he will follow through with it and expects them to follow through with it as well.

four of cups, the world rx., king of cups, knight of swords

KIM SUNOO

sunoo does not care about traditional roles or traditional marriage. if anything, he wants to experiment and have fun with his marriage. he does not want it to make him feel tied down and he wants to feel like he has met his ride-or-die. sunoo will always be true to himself and his needs. great thing about him is that he will never change, although this does also manifest into stubborness.

that is really all i have for him, at the moment he does not really want to think about marriage. he wants to enjoy life and because of that, is also very picky with his relationships and who he chooses to surround himself with.

the hierophant rx., nine of cups rx., knight of cups rx.

YANG JUNGWON

prioritizes any sort of relationship, big time. every connection he makes is important to him, and not in a self-sufficient way where he wants to reach higher places. jungwon seems to be the least likely person to work through connections. he plays everything very fairly and makes connections for the people themselves.

in a serious relationship he would also follow his. he wants balance and a genuine connection. if he puts in the effort, his partner should also put in an effort to meet him in the middle and vice versa.

most likely prioritizies turning a house into a home. he wants to be fulfilled and wants to fulfill for his partner, i cannot reiterate it enough. he wants to be successful in every way that he can.

the lovers, temperance, knight of swords, ten of pentacles, ace of pentacles

NISHIMURA RIKI

probably not sure at all about what he looks for in a relationship. there are many different things he could be interested in, but it is just kind of an atom cloud of ideas. there is nothing he would give a hard pass or see as a particular green flag right now

clueless. he is clueless and clumsy with marriage. man only just turned 18 so he does not really have the same expectations or general ideals he has in his love life, although jungwon does (their personalities are quite different though, soo). the cards are just spilling?? everywhere?? he is actually just clueless

?????wtfff????

[pigtailedgirl]

Now I'm curious how you got into due south originally, if you feel like explaining :)

Sure! It's nothing too exciting I guess, but my Dueser origins begin as a wee girl. I know my family must have vaguely watched it because I remember the image of All The Queen's Horses mountie chase pre-dates my series watch beginnings. I know my grandma later confessed as I had it on tv one summer that she watched it. Cause cute Benton Fraser lol.

But real seeing and watch began with a random catch of Free Willie one morning on the Showcase Network. Thank you kindly Showcase.

Yeah, I caught it one morning and stayed to watch because I think I vaguely recognized it, and just fell in love with it's charm and wit and Fraser and Ray. It was the first episode so great timing too. And they had it schedule set to air one episode in the morning, the same at night, five days a week. Perfect for catching up.

Promos were hilarious too. I should see if any are online.

Oh, and it was original edit, so it had extra scenes like the different Victoria's Secret ones.

So I caught up on the series quick. Also, what I think really cemented my season 1 and 2 love was they played that set for months at least before switching to the 3/4 season. That highlighted the difference in tone to my POV too I think, and it's why I kinda view them apart still.

But I really got to experience show first this way.

I think I found fandom when starting Livejournal same time the show hit resurgence there. And I happily caught the tail end of Yahoo Groups so got to back read fan stuff there. Missed most of Ray Wars. Yay. There was the 2000's snippets, but everyone was so fun at content creation and love, that was the best take-aways. It made for a great time. I participated in a watch-along! A big highlight of fannishness for me! That's when I saw The Pilot. Or my fav was squeeing about Pizza and Promises.

Just, some of the many wonderful fans like Nina_DS and movies_michelle and duenorthlaurie for episode discussion, and Sdwolfpup, Belmanoir, Aingeal8C as content creators, or Scotchsour, and Lozenger8 who made some banging icons....Truly, there were so many wonderful people, I couldn't even name them all. Due South provided so many wonderful glimpses of other fans to share with. LJ friends were so lovely.

I fell out in LJ world strangely cause I felt kinda outside the fandom wave as it crested I think, not shipping F/K or really loving those seasons as much. And just personally felt not into fannishness as whole after awhile. It's a me thing across everything, not just Due South. I took an internet break for a long time. I still watched the series on tv, with Showcase and TV Tropolis and DejaView lol, and by then DVD often. Along with new TV of course, although not much cause Tumblr me is not too different from old LJ me. Still kept an eye of forums, sometimes, or such, cause I love discussion as you can see by my screeds versus tech/creative skills, but not actively or with comment.

I return cause, I don't know, seeing people express love for the series again is hitting a happy place of nostaglia I think. I had a rough bout with real-life and comfort fannish stuff is reminding life was full of small good moments. The joy of the endearing nature of the show and the spirit of love for it in the fandom is proof of stuff enduring. Joy that it's still on rebranded Showcase here on the weekends lol, even if you never know which season.

And a new vidder made a wonderful F/V fanvid that, timing again as I hit Tumblr, I stumbled into, and just had me crying when I watched at the beauty and love I remembered in the pair. It spoke to my love of them so hard I think it jolted me into thinking hell yea that love deserves happy expression, I can do it too maybe. Sadly they took it down, but yeah, that was the spark, and that's me fannish story.

[justforbooks]

Jeannette Charles

The Queen’s most famous lookalike, who enjoyed a long career in film and television thanks to their uncanny resemblance

In 1972, Jeannette Charles was in her mid-40s and settling down to life in an Essex village, having returned, with her husband, Ken, from Libya. They had been living there for some years, but left following the army coup led by Muammar Gaddafi.

On reading about the artist Jane Thornhill in a local newspaper, Charles decided to commission a painting of herself for her husband’s birthday. Thornhill asked whether she could submit it for the Royal Academy’s summer exhibition in London, but when she did, the venerable institution returned the picture, believing it to be a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and having been told by Buckingham Palace that the monarch had not sat for it.

The resulting publicity began a new chapter in the life of Charles, who would spend the next 40 years as the Queen’s most famous lookalike, and who has died aged 96. She appeared on British television and in Hollywood films, alongside stars such as Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and Mike Myers, and also modelled for Spitting Image when the satirical TV show was making the Queen’s puppet.

Charles said of her uncanny resemblance to the monarch, whom she never met: “We both have the same bone structure, so the same style of makeup and hairdressing suits us best. But I’m 2 inches shorter than her, so my clothes wouldn’t always look well on her and vice versa.”

She also made personal appearances – opening shops, handing out gifts with the flamboyant piano virtuoso Liberace and presenting a silver disc to the rock group Queen – and Muhammad Ali put in a special request to have a photograph taken with her. Commercials kept her busy, too, but Charles insisted: “I am not an actress. I only do the one role.”

Her first job as the Queen was posing for a London Weekly Advertiser poster that featured her reading a paper, with a stuffed corgi at her feet. However, London Transport, which was due to display it on buses and Tube trains, objected and never used it. Charles said it was a lesson: “too real … a little vulgar”. She insisted she was a staunch royalist, and told the Guardian in 2022: “I would never do anything that reflected badly on the monarch or myself. Over the years, I’ve turned down large sums to pose for Page 3-type pictures and insisted I should never be introduced as the Queen when making appearances.”

Jeannette was born in London, 18 months after Princess Elizabeth, to Yetta (nee Wonsoff), who was Dutch, of Polish descent, and Alfred Clark, a chef, later restaurateur, and was brought up in Perivale, Middlesex. Her resemblance to the future monarch was spotted when she was still a child. She recalled: “On a trip to Greenwich when I was 11 or 12, a photographer asked if he could use me in some shots, saying, ‘She looks like Princess Elizabeth.’ Later, I’d draw crowds, especially abroad, and sometimes had to run away.”

After leaving Wembley high school, she took a job as a secretary and spent evenings acting with an amateur group in Acton. She dreamed of acting professionally, and passed an audition to train at Rada, but could not afford the fees. Instead, she emigrated to the US at the age of 24 and settled in Midland, Texas.

While working there as an au pair, she met Ken Charles, a British oil drilling engineer with BP. His work took him to Canada – where they married in Alberta in 1957 – and then to South America and Libya.

They returned to Britain in 1969 and, when regal fame came to Charles, she found herself travelling the world again. At home, her early screen appearances were in the sketch shows Rutland Weekend Television (1975), with Eric Idle and Neil Innes, Spike Milligan’s Q series (from 1976 to 1980), and Not the Nine O’Clock News (1980). She was also in sitcoms such as Mind Your Language (1978) and Never the Twain (1990), and jetted to the US for a 1977 appearance on Saturday Night Live.

When Hollywood came calling, she put on the royal tiara to appear in National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985). In The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), she was seen flat on her back with Nielsen on top of her as they slide down a royal banqueting table – when his inept detective believes the Queen is about to be assassinated and jumps to her rescue. For Charles, another highlight of filming that wacky movie was being invited to Presley’s trailer for lunch. “We became good friends,” she said.

She was back in Hollywood for The Parent Trap (1998), with Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson, and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), when she mistook its star, Myers, for a crew electrician on first meeting him.

Alongside chat shows, corporate events, fete openings and other appearances, she appeared in Motörhead’s music video promoting their version of the Sex Pistols song God Save the Queen in 2000.

Charles’s autobiography, The Queen & I, was published in 1986.

Her husband died in 1997. She is survived by their three children, David, Peter and Carol, and her sister, Delinda.

🔔 Jeannette Dorothea Louise Charles, lookalike, born 15 October 1927; died 2 June 2024

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The beginner's guide to the Pretty Series

With the recent announcement of the new Pretty Series installment titled Himitsu no AiPri, it's about time the Pretty Series returned after over a year since the Waccha PriMagi! series finale. In celebration of the newest installment, let's take a quick history lesson about the Pretty series.

The Pretty Rhythm Saga (2010-2014) - The Pretty Series saga began on July 15, 2010 with the arcade game titled Pretty Rhythm Mini Skirt. Made by Takara Tomy and developer SynSophia, this arcade game pits players in the role of Prism Stars, performing Prism Jumps, and collecting Prism Stones.

While the one that started it all made a slow start, the folks from Takara Tomy wanted to do more with the Pretty Rhythm saga, and with that, a TV anime titled Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream was made. Aired in TV Tokyo on April 9, 2011, for 51 episodes, this anime is the fruit of Japan-Korea collaboration thanks to Japan's Tatsunoko Production and South Korea's Dong Woo Animation. The TV anime is all about Aira, Rizumu, and Mion in their quest to take on the prestigious Prism Queen Cup.

As Aira Harune's journey to become Prism Queen is completed, Mia Ageha takes the baton as the star of the next Pretty Rhythm story; Dear My Future. Aired in TV Tokyo on April 7, 2012, for 51 episodes, Dear My Future centers on the rivalry between Prizmmy☆ and the K-Pop group PURETTY. Believe it or not, there are real-life versions of the groups as seen in the anime. There's even a live-action segment featuring Prizmmy☆ as well.

As Mia Ageha's road to Grateful Symphonia is well and truly over, Naru Ayase steps to the spotlight in the third and final chapter of the Pretty Rhythm saga, titled Rainbow Live. Aired in TV Tokyo on April 6, 2013, it features an original storyline unlike the previous two. It's about Naru, An, and Ito, who are working together at the Prism Stone Shop while trying to take good care of a mysterious girl named Rinne.

Although the Pretty Rhythm saga ended, the story continues with the KING OF PRISM spinoff films featuring male characters from the Pretty Rhythm saga. They even got a 2019 anime show as well showcasing the rise of the boys who would be Septentrion.

The PriPara saga (2014-2018, 2021~) After the end of the Pretty Rhythm saga,  the folks of Takara Tomy prepped up what it seems to be the second generation of the Pretty series. It's called PriPara and it aired on TV Tokyo in the Summer of 2014 and lasted for three seasons, four if you count Idol Time PriPara of course. This anime series centers on the life and times of Laala Manaka, a little girl who wants to be the best PriPara idol. Together with Mirei Minami and Sophy Hojo, they became SoLaMi Smile and they fought their way against the best idol teams of PriPara, especially Dressing Pafe consisting of Dorothy, Reona, and Sion, Tricolore, and Gaarmageddon, among many others. PriPara is a huge win for the people behind it and such success prompted the show to spawn four movies and outrageous merchandising rights.

In the spring of 2017, the next chapter of PriPara begins with three new main characters penning the final pages of this saga. Titled Idol Time PriPara, it's all about Yui Yumekawa, whose fateful encounter with Laala Manaka changed everything following an accident. With Nino Nijiiro and Michiru Kouda joining alongside, the MY☆DREAM trio made the best closure to this saga.

Although the PriPara TV series is finished, the story continues with Idol Land PriPara. First announced in December 2020, it was originally slated to be released in the spring of 2021 until it became subject to long gestation and delayed launch dates. It was released on August 17, 2023. It is the second official PriPara app game after the defunct PriPuz puzzle app game. This app game also features an original anime series set moments after the events of Idol Time PriPara. It introduces new characters such as Amari Katasumi, Mario, and Pololo, among others.

The Kiratto PriChan years (2018-2021) - Aired in TV Tokyo since April 2018 for three seasons, Kiratto PriChan is set in a world where fame comes from social media just like in the real world. It's about a group of girls who called themselves the Miracle☆Kiratts who are striving to become the best PriChan idols above the rest. For three seasons, we watched Miracle Kiratts taking on big challenges such as heated competition with rival teams such as Meltic StAr and Ring Marry, the jewel idol competition, saving the world, the road to the Queens Grand Prix, and saving the world...again, while they do what they do best; showcasing the world that they're the best PriChan sensations ever known.

PriMagi (2021-2022) - Waccha PriMagi! is the fourth installment of the Pretty Series that revolves around the lives of Primagistas striving to become the best of the best. The show is about Matsuri Hibino, a middle-schooler who dreams of being the best just like her idol, the legendary Jennifer Sumire Sol.

AiPri - After over a year of void, the Pretty Series has returned with the newest installment coming to TV Tokyo this April 2024. Titled Himitsu no AiPri, the new series stars Minori Fujidera as Himari Aozora and Sae Hiratsuka as Mitsuki Hoshikawa. For the first time in Pretty Series, the animation sequences were provided by OLM, the studio behind the Pokemon and Yo-Kai Watch anime series, while South Korea's Dongwoo A&E returned to cooperate for it.

Welcome back, Pretty Series! The world can't wait for the franchise's comeback show this April.

[deafening-enthusiastic-dreamer]

Queen Of Tears

She will lose all her memory, What are they trying to do?? I am crying literally in every episode. Hae-in deserves a good ending. Just to imagine, all memories lost. Horrible.

Well at least they are talking...

They are so damn adorable......... Ahhhhhhhh.

ITS BEAUTIFUL...

That laugh will be the end of me.. They are so good together.

I feel like this is the good part before the bad. Its killing me. I need them to have a happy ending.

This is killing me...

BAWLING ........ I CAN'T

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[cant-get-worse-than-this]

Introduction post!

Basics

Hi!!!

My name is Kesar (or any other variant of the name Caesar is fine to call me!) and I am 14. I am neurodivergent. I am an Asian-European (India and Sweden!), Hindu, and my pronouns are he/they!

Interests and Likes

I have a hyperfixation/special interest (I don't know which to use because I'm in denial about being autistic LMAO) of the Mediterranean, mostly Italy and Spain but also France, Portugal, Egypt, Greece, etc!

Languages

Due to my interest, I have taught myself Italian all on my own and I study Spanish at school since 2020, so I can speak them both at a good level.

All of the languages I speak as well as some more info on my history with them:

Swedish, I speak it every day and a bit at home

Hindi, I speak it every day at home with my family, it's the language I have grown up with mostly.

English, I speak it here and I consume a lot of English media. Also I went to an international school for a couple of years.

Spanish, I've been learning it at school. Ever since I started learning it I've been the best in the class (this is very much a flex, I am very proud of the fact). I speak it at a very good level but I'm not close to fluent.

Italian, I am very proud of that I speak it because I learnt it all on my own using primarily music. I started learning it in 2021 but then took a LONG break for almost 2 years and in 2023 I got back on track and learnt it so well I'm almost at the same level at it as I am at Spanish hahaha

French, as I speak Spanish and Italian it wasn't that hard for me to get a grasp at French. I'm definitely not good at it and am best at written French, not spoken, but I understand enough to say I know it. Also, I can carry a conversation in French so. Yeah. I also really like Lupin.

Urdu, as I speak Hindi I understand Urdu well. Of course there are words I don't know, but since I understand so much of it and I speak it better than I speak Spanish or Italian I had to include it.

Music

My favourite song artists are Marco Mengoni and MIKA. They are my top 2. I love them so much.

I also listen to Mahmood, Måneskin, Queen, The Lonely Island, Lady Gaga, Kali Uchis, Megan Thee Stallion, Veronica Maggio, Shreya Ghoshal, and a lot more.

Apart from that I like English music from 2000 to the late 2010s. I also like Hindi music, rap (i listen to a LOT of Megan Thee Stallion, she's such a queen), Eurovision (although I am not supporting them this year due to them including Israel, Free Palestine🇵🇸), Hispanic music, Francophone music, Italian music and Swedish music. I also enjoy classical, both South Asian and European.

TV

I love TV! My favourites are dramedies. I like comedy a lot. My favourite type of show would be sitcoms because I understand them and I grew up with them and I like their humour. Here are TV shows I very, very strongly like in no particular order:

Brooklyn Nine Nine, Community, 1899, Mythic Quest, Lupin, Monk, and probably more that I just don't remember right now.

I have also watched a lot of other things, but this is all that comes to mind.

There are films that I really like, and most of them I have watched more than a few times. Like there were literally periods when I would just keep rewatching these:

The Kung Fu Panda film series, The Hotel Transylvania film series, The Lorax (specifically the Italian dub), The Shrek film series, and once again probably many more.

Other stuff I like:

Doraemon, Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse & Across The Spiderverse, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhaan (2020), Smiley (2022), Saiki K (TV series, I haven't been able to read the manga :/), etc.

Books

Mostly I read fact books, in middle school the librarian hated me for (metaphorically) eating up all the books on ancient Egypt, but I also have a few books I really like!

I love Rick Riordan. My favourite from him is definitely The Kane Chronicles but I also like PJO. I'm TKC all the way, though.

I also like Geronimo & Thea Stilton as well as Diary of a Wimpy Kid. They give me comfort.

I have a lot of queer books I bought for the sole reason of them being queer but I haven't read them yet hahahaha. I'm almost finished with Friday I'm In Love by Camryn Garrett!

I am also reading Babel by R. F. Kuang and Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón!

Playlist time!

My Marco Mengoni playlist:

My Brad Bakshi playlist:

My Trobed playlist:

My Braddavid playlist:

My StottleMonk playlist:

That is all I can really come up with right now, but I will probably edit this soon! I'm not very good at stating what I like and all of that because I'm always scared I'm not telling everything or that people won't understand how I like it and stuff LMAO so don't be surprised if I take this post down :( I'm trying to get better though, so I'll keep it up!

[outsidereveries]

mtl: relevance in south korea - now vs in 5 years

for bts, blackpink, seventeen and twice

decided to experiment with this

NOW

bts

jungkook: it really looks like a fate, so obviously.. he seems to be the most relevant member as of now (wheel of fortune)

suga: he seems to be liked for what he’s currently doing (ace of cups)

j-hope: he is definitely admired and appreciated even in the military, there can be more events, news from there in the future (6 of pentacles, 7 of wands)

rm: there might be some sort of offer for him that’ll be very beneficial to him in the upcoming days/months, the potential is actually there; it looks like the koreans want him to collaborate with various artists (knight of cups)

jin: to me his current relevance back in south korea is quite stagnant, similar to rm, there is potential for the future but it will happen very, very later, like after his military time (4 of cups rx)

jimin: not sure what’s going on too but his individual relevance is also with stagnant vibrations to me, could be affected more or less negatively because of his solo debut that happened months ago (5 of swords rx)

v: there are definitely some sort of losses, this could be in any aspect apart from financial one: there can also be isolation, salary mistreatment and so on, so unfortunately, i am not sure if the korean armys (most of them) are ignoring v’s solo debut (5 of pentacles)

blackpink

lisa: currently the koreans think the most positive for her, they think she invested her time in the group with building her name for herself, also i see them talking about a big house, i specifically imagine a big one in 2 floors, many grass and white walls outside (king of pentacles)

rosé: they could think that she’s very, very emotional to the extent she is too emotional; however i do think that this time this is about her mistreatment from the company she’s been in - the blinks who bias her want her to have more individual activities RELATED TO SINGING or variety shows in some way (queen of cups rx)

jisoo: they’re very divided of how they perceive jisoo, and i do feel a lot of questions: there can be misrepresentation from her side as well as her showing what she truly is; i am certainly unsure if they think positively or negatively for her (2 of swords rx)

jennie: they are so disappointed in her, i only her “whore”, “hoe” inside my head, the people who watched her are in disbelief of what jennie showed in the idol and a little bit before that (after the tv series too) and they don’t seem to like her anymore (mostly; 10 of swords)

seventeen

both s.coups and wonwoo seem to have positive relevance from the korean audience! similar to bts’ suga, they seem to be very happy with what they’re doing; with wonwoo there’s difference though, if he’s lacking activities somehow, it looks like the koreans are fine with that because of what wonwoo is behind the scenes (for both of them 10 of cups, i received others for wonwoo however i cannot share anything)

both hoshi and the8 are also having positive relevance from the korean audience towards them: i can say it’s similar as s.coups and wonwoo; with hoshi there’s the difference that it can be quite stagnant at times so if he’s one of the most active members, don’t wonder why, he has to do it in order to be relevant for longer time (2 of cups; for hoshi i received also 5 of pentacles rx)

dk is doing great, however similar as blackpink’s jisoo, the koreans are also wondering if that’s really him. these questions really shake dk’s relevance and it can be .. mixed. (10 of cups, ace of pentacles, 2 of swords rx)

woozi has the potential to do great if he tries a bit more. he has already fans, woozi has to just keep himself busy and do some activities alone. (the sun, 4 of pentacles rx)

vernon might be more talked in any philanthropy-related actions from his side in unspecified to me timeframe, he seems to want to do it for quite some time. (page of pentacles, the devil rx, queen of wands)

dino wants to do something individual and it looks like he’s working on it: it can be song? the potential for it to be relased soon can be possible, but it can be uncertain; i think that the koreans are waiting for something individual from him such a song or something else, so that’s possibly why i started with what dino wants to do? (2 of pentacles, page of wands, the empress)

joshua seems to be very brave for the current events surrounding him. the koreans are focused on his current scandal because he can change somehow how idols will date .. (knight of swords)

seungkwan has the potential to change his current relevance with something that he might’ve done or will do in the future. it seems to happen in longer time, possibly months. as of now, his relevance is stagnant. (10 of swords rx)

mingyu’s relevance is similar as bts’ jimin: quite stagnant but possibly worse than before. i am not sure why though, i just don’t have knowledge so.. sorry (5 of swords rx)

both jeonghan and jun’s relevances are the worst out of the group in my cards’ opinion and i do see thoughts that can be similar as jennie’s (blackpink) - i am not sure how both of them are treated individually so it can be mistreatment as well as the koreans not wanting to see whatever both of them are doing now. the koreans can be really disappointed from both of the boys and they might be fans of other people now. they can hate them and want one or both of them to leave the group, or want them to change their individual activities. (2 of cups rx)

twice

jihyo is definitely opening new doors for her individual career, the koreans would love to check her in the future such as solo activities, songs and so on; i personally think that this is what koreans have expected for jihyo to do (the fool)

dahyun has established herself enough and the koreans would love her to do whatever she was doing until now even more (ace of swords)

nayeon has also established herself but with some hardships towards her, although she is booked, koreans want her more and more; i keep hearing “where’s nayeon for real” and “we want nayeon” (ace of pentacles, 7 of pentacles, 7 of wands)

mina is also somehow relevant back in south korea however they are hoping for her to have (if she has, then more) individual activities in south korea, they’re currently dreaming for that, possibly manifesting too (page of cups)

sana’s popularity is very stagnant, the koreans want her, the energy is similar as nayeon when they’re saying “we want to see sana”, “where is she”, “jype, can you make her be in .. somewhere here?”. the koreans think that they don’t do anything for sana in south korea, they want her too (7 of pentacles rx)

tzuyu’s relevance is stagnant overall but has the potential to rise a bit more, koreans are willing to see more of her and would like to give her second chance (permission: 8 of pentacles; 8 of swords rx, the high priestess, 5 of cups rx)

jeongyeon’s career is quite stagnant but they want to move on, i doubt the koreans will change their mind about her and don’t want to see her alone, individually even (temperance, clarifying card: 6 of swords)

momo’s relevance is quite stagnant to my cards, and personally i’m not sure if that will change with the time, they might expect her to do something reckless and they could be afraid that whatever she can do will affect twice (9 of swords rx)

chaeyoung’s relevance is similar to blackpink’s jisoo - they seem to be divided with their overall opinion however i feel that the koreans didn’t liked her anyways, they might doubt what the fuck is she still with the group (2 of swords rx)

IN FIVE YEARS

bts

jin will start his new beginning in 5 years: this can be related to change in his career such as him being more active in variety shows or acting - this will make his relevance rise very, very high, especially in the Internet (the fool)

both rm and jungkook will build their names enough to be as relevant as ever and they will stabilise their names just fine; however if they decide to have a family by that time, the koreans will want more activities from them (ace of swords)

suga will decide to change his path too, specifically in making beats or producing songs: this will make him to earn just enough and i feel him saying “this was worth it” - the koreans will like his path and will like his creations anyways (queen of swords, ace of swords, 8 of pentacles, page of pentacles)

jimin’s popularity will be just fine, but can involve some lawsuits here and there. nonetheless of his relevance in that time, he will be personally satisfied, so i can see him popular just enough. unfortunately, i am not sure if he will be masisvely popular or sort of relevant but up to there (justice)

v’s popularity will also be just fine, he seems to have built his name quite okay, however i see his relevance being stagnant and not gaining at least some fans. he could try to create or start something by that time or his korean audience might want from v to do something new (the magician, 10 of swords rx)

unfortunately, j-hope seems to give up whatever he’s established in five years or will take some sort of hiatus, therefore, hoseok won’t be mentioned (almost). alternatively, he might be very busy and packed with activities and the koreans will want him to take rest but honestly, i personally doubt that it’s this. (4 of swords)

blackpink

jisoo will have bigger relevance than now at least in south korea. the koreans will like her more. (10 of cups)

lisa will also be appreciated a lot in south korea, they will say how professional she is, these things, she’ll be appreciated for her hard work + i’m hearing again investment for some reason (king of cups)

jennie will do better in 5 years in south korea. her it girl impact won’t change, it’s stable. (3 of pentacles)

rosé: uncertain (the sun rx)

seventeen

seungkwan will literally shine like a star in 5 years, koreans will talk about him the most out of 17 (6 of wands)

both jeonghan and hoshi will do very well too, it looks like south korea is their home place for their individual career, they will also thrive there and the koreans will be satisfied (4 of wands)

woozi will also be very happy and in his niche; similar as seungkwan, jeonghan and hoshi will thrive in south korea and the koreans will be happy (ace of cups, 10 of cups)

jun will be also doing well, the koreans will want him to do more opportunities even though he will do enough, so he’ll also be packed with work (ace of pentacles)

dk will also do well in my cards’ opinion, however he has to be cautious of what he’s doing. it looks like dk will be more prone to scandals. the koreans won’t doubt him but the authorities might do. (the moon + with permission: cannot remember the card sorry but it was upright positive minor arcana for sure; the chariot)

the8 can be as relevant as the half of the group but with less activities or so. he will have enough individual fans just to communicate with them but it looks like they will just wait; i am not sure if he will do something outside of seventeen as of now (page of cups)

s.coups, joshua, wonwoo and vernon will have stagnant career; unfortunately it looks like they can drift away from the k-pop idol life; wonwoo might do the best out of them as the koreans might mention about it here and there (s.coups: 4 of cups rx; joshua: 5 of pentacles rx; wonwoo; 3 of swords rx+strength+4 of cups rx; vernon: 10 of swords rx)

dino might be caught into a scandal in 5 years, therefore the koreans might doubt him (2 of swords rx)

mingyu will do the worst out of everyone if he tries to have individual career back in south korea, he might drift away from the idol life and try to do something else (9 of wands rx)

twice

tzuyu will blossom in my cards’ opinion. she will start with her individual activities around that time, the opinions will be very positive (page of pentacles)

jihyo will do very well, she will really shine and will be responsible for many things; she might have creative freedom somehow so i won’t be suprised if she leaves jype; the opinions will be positive, she’ll be the star for the koreans (10 of wands, 6 of wands)

sana will do well, however like dk, she has to be cautious of future scandals. the koreans will love her nonetheless but still.. (the chariot)

nayeon will also do well however she has to be cautious of scandals in the future too, she seems to have hidden traits and it’s more prominent with nayeon than sana because it looks like whatever she hides is true; i doubt the moon is about her intuition this time (4 of wands, the moon + with permission: 10 of swords rx, queen of cups)

chaeyoung’s relevance will be stagnant as i can see possibility of her career path being changed (temperance, clarifying card: 9 of swords rx)

dahyun will be less relevant than now as there’re people who envy her and want to sabotage her (3 of cups rx)

mina will be restricted to do anything in the idol sphere at least in south korea and might even try to change career paths because of it (6 of swords rx, 2 of wands rx)

jeongyeon isn’t even wanted in the korean spotlight in 5 years, i hear “go do something else like work in a office shoo” (2 of swords)

momo: uncertain (the moon + with permission: 10 of cups)

i hope you enjoyed, it was kind of fun to see where it could bring

done on 13th september 23’

[witchthewriter]

𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐈𝐀𝐅 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞

From the lovely @agameofclothes. I thought I'd give it a crack - if anyone wants to reblog with their answers or make a separate post is all good! I would love to see your answers!

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦? 

I have no idea, honestly. Probably wouldn't be from one of the big Houses :'). Let's just say that I'm one of the main characters ... so I'd want to be from House Targaryen, a long lost cousin.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 (𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛, 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐉𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬) 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫? 

... None. They're terrible for the role as leader. They're all ... old mean men. Except for Renly and Joffrey. Renly is young and quite hopeful but has no ambition. Joffrey is young and awful.

However, if I were asked who I was loyal to - I would just say whoever, depends on where I am.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫? 

Cannot and will not choose just one. I love Sansa Stark so much. Her character development is absolutely admirable. From being a close-minded, manipulated young girl, to an adult who knows how the world works. It's amazing.

Dany Targaryen is the main character in both the books and tv series for me. She's the most interesting. From practically being a slave herself, she turned herself into a loved Khaleesi, and worked her way up from there.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤? 

A Dance with Dragons. Characters have already been fleshed out, and now it's very plot driven.

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬? 

Okay so I found this here. Looking it up, somewhere it says it's semi-canon. But I believe it's real and I fcken love it.

House Plumm - Come Try Me

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐚? 

Well, with the South being Beyond the Wall and the North being cold as fck. I choose across the Narrow Sea.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝? 

Dany deserves it and I genuinely think she should sit on the Irone Throne. Not because her ancestors created the title and united the lands, but because she has known pain, she wants people to be free -not to be slaves. She wants to liberate.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐲𝐝𝐨𝐠, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐍𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭? 

GHOST! He is the MOST loyal?

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡? 

Abso-fucking-lutely not. It's full of awful men???

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫? 

Like the other question; I couldn't pick one favourite character, so I definitely can't choose just one I dislike. And so this will be in bullet form:

Obviously Ramsay, what an awful dickhead.

Joffrey, the little shit.

In the book, Euron Greyjoy is a big big bad. Very scary. Cruel. Not like in the show where he's kind of funny and amusing. No, Euron in the books is a villain villain.

The Mountain? Disgusting.

Walder Grey and all those who participated in the awful act of the Red Wedding. Terrible.

𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐢 𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧? 

Both... but her true name is: Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains.

If it means for me, than I would rather be a Queen than a Khaleesi. I want a pretty crown and to have influence over the whole realm ... (I'm very humble...)

𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬? 

...dragons. I think that's pretty obvious... Imagine being a descendant of Old Valyria and being able to BOND with a DRAGON. A freaking DRAGON. A beast that would have your back no matter what???

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐨𝐝(𝐬) 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨? 

The Old Gods of the Forest.

To me, a witch, this religion relies on believing in the world around you.

An excerpt from the GOT wiki page: "nameless spirits of each tree, rock, and stream worshipped by the Children of the Forest and later by the First Men."

It seems the most pagan-like, and I would be very comfortable with following this religion.

[the-monkey-ruler]

I've seen people mention that Sun Wukong got married or at least, one of the versions mentions that. It makes me wonder how it works because if we assume that Wukong was a monk's student, then why is there a version where he gets married? I also wanted to know a little more about that version you mentioned that Erlang was married

You might be talked about the Zaju play version which was an earlier version of the Sun Wukong we know today.

That version of Wukong is a vicious, perverted, stupid, cowardly version of Wukong that was actually formed to be the comedic relief (similar to how Bajie is considered the clown in Xiyouji) of the play and to be considered a clown to be laughed at rather than the intelligent, strong, and cunny Wukong we get in the Wu Cheng'en's version. In the Zaju version Wukong kidnapped himself a wife before he became a monk, Princess of the Golden Cauldron country, against her will I might add, and kept her as a trophy in his cave. He also makes several passes at other women like Princess Iron Fan and the Queen of Women's Kingdom in the play, and even Sanzang suggesting that the monk wants him for his "thin waist."

Needless to say, this version is vastly different than the one that was created nearly 200 years after the play when Wu Cheng'en made Wukong to be more of a mischievous rascal rather than a full blown clown to be mocked by the audience. There have been no modern interpretations of this Sun Wukong as the Wu Cheng'en version is considered the 'canon' Wukong. The reason that Zaju at least make someone sense is that he got married before he was a Monk.

There are some media that does have Wukong with a wife but those are by different authors after Wukong completes his journey. Journey to the West Supplement has it that he married Princess Iron Fan in a dream. Journey to the South suggests that maybe Wukong marries as he has direct kids (assumed biological) but never mentions he has a wife actually. And of course some more modern media has that he has children without or without a wife being mentioned. Depends on what you are watching. And the best I can tell you is that those authors simply are asking that their audience give a little 'suspicion of disbelief' that I have talked about before for the sake of having the narrative flow. NO, it does NOT make sense and it CAN'T really work logically but rather than focusing on that, that plot point is largely ignored to continue the narrative. Such as Wukong just having kids and not mentioning a wife or simply never acknowledging how that doesn't make sense. I talked about that a bit when discussing Wukong's failed romances in media before as there are a lot of movies and shows where Wukong does have a SO but they are usually met with a death fate for the sake of continuity. So there are many versions where he does get married, even if none of them make continuity sense.

And yeah! Lotus Lantern Prequal 2009 was the one where Erlang Shen got married and divorced! It was made after the Lotus Lantern TV show 2005 which was such a hit it made this spinoff. I'll put a link for you if you want to see it! But it pretty much just follows Erlang Shen and his sister Sanseng Mu and how their lives led up to the Lotus Lantern 2005 show.

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My Dearest Gentle Reader....

Sometimes stories are too good to be true, and sometimes they're too good to not be shared. Even though I promised not to waste anymore ink or feathers on what is going on in a particular corner of the Tum where a certain Cinderella is the highlight and the talk of the Tum these last weeks.

You know the best show not on tv, though much to our surprise Cinderella was rudely written out of the books, instead last years summer fling's likings on posts became interesting again.

Then suddenly around midnight (CEST, = abt 6pm ET and 3pm PT) she who always wakes up to DMs or just got a minute rushing in between meetings posted an Anon telling her most eligible bachelor was in the South of France and pictures will be out tomorrow. I had to shake my head as I knew how that message came about.

Half an hour before, I posted a little cryptic message to an Anon that sent me a message earlier that evening (21.50 CEST) about the whereabouts of this supposed vigilante. I did a little research and the message, naming an event, had some merit in it. I tried to find pics or videos, looked at many, but none to be found that could identify him clearly. Yes, several lookalikes with a cap and a shirt far in the distance. But not good enough for me. So I decided to post this cryptic message hoping Anon would come back and perhaps had some more proof than the 'listing' I found and mentioned in my cryptic post.

About 15 minutes later I got this Anon:

I had to laugh as it was far off... and no Idea why H... R....... and him being 'listed' as I wrote could have anything to do with the South of France in the slightest way.... Confirmation bias looking in wrong directions to say the least

You can imagine how I had to laugh even more when I saw the same Anon on the blog of the one that now seemed to have all the time in the world spinning a fantastic story around it. The Anon seemed fairly sure now, not a question mark in it but even claiming there would be pics tomorrow! I had no doubts where this Anon had been reading first and as I didn't posted her message she must have thought she was right and run straight off to Lalaland to please her fairytale writer.

Time for popcorn 🍿 I thought and popped some in the microwave... and boy, I needed a full box of it, cause what happened after that post I can hardly describe. The story that was spun around this 'South of France' you can not make this up. Literally in a matter of minutes, each time I refreshed the page there was another chapter. More 'proof' and 'evidence' on every reblog of herself.

Look Melissa is in Cannes... [right, she was already there for a couple of days... and believe me S isn't the only one she grooms]. And of course it all made sense since, blimey, all of the sudden Cinderella was back on top of the list and magically popped up in the South of France as well! Only days before, she posted about Brigitte Bardot and changed her profile pic to an old one from the time she once must have been on an RC in Cannes and you know she's 'a socialite and a film maker who has lived in France for years' and must be well known in those circles... No, this can't all be a coincidence, now can it? 😂😂😂

More popcorn please... 🍿 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

Lists of parties in Cannes were shared and oh bloody hell how could we have missed his latest following of Alessandra, she's there as well... Maybe she was even better than Cinderella (how rude!)

[Did she not notice how he followed her already long time ago, but seemed to have unfollowed her and now re-followed again, as well as the other ones he followed recently, the everydayman and Neil Marshall. Now don't ask me why he does this, but he does]

My head started to hurt from laughing.... but also from keeping up with all the women the Queen of Lalaland had brought up in less than a day. And remind you, she was busy for more that 8 hours straight to finally come up with an Anon who gave her and her readers the wake up call realizing what H.... R.... stood for.

About 8 hours after my cryptic post and 2 more hours after I received my Anon

Yes, of course Hyrox Rotterdam. Not a woman, but a sports event. I found the listing on the website. (why did nobody else took a look there???) And I have to be honest, I did remove some comments working it out and received Anons before it even occurred to the other side what it was all about.

But last night it showed no results and today it is still empty. I was hoping more results would be added today but it doesn't look like it. As said no clear identifiable pics or videos have been found. So it remains unclear if he participated at all. All I can confirm is that at least he planned to stay on this side of the Canal and fill his days with sports.

But do not despair my dearest gentle readers, as I have it on good authority that he's busy preparing for a full week of shooting TCND in which he even might get arrested at the end of the week...

Signed: Yours Truly